Month: June 2006

Rot, rot, rot ist meine liebste Farbe…

OK that’s German. It means red, red, red is my favorite color, and is part of a children’s song, that iterates the colors, and why they are the favorite color. Leilani loves everything that’s red, her happy apple toy with the pretty chimes probably started it, but she loves to chew on beets, tomatoes, apples and mountain apples, watermelon…

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Leilani and Ian

This is a pretty old clip, our friends Ian and Karla came over in April.

I am playing with my new toys – the beloved iMac and the not so beloved Sony camera (don’t buy Sony – email me for the full story!) I finally got it to work. Well, kinda. I still have to convert all the clips manually before I can edit them, but I finally sat down 3 hours in a row, and did most. And yes, this is my very first iMovie clip, and I am very proud of it. It has a few flaws, but I’ll get better and so will the clips. Actually, I just fixed it – the clip is smaller and better quality now, and I removed the blackness at the end…

6-Month Checkup

We took Leilani in for her 6 months checkup a week early. She was in great health, no more signs of the 3-day fever over the weekend except for a slight rash, which made us speculate about roseola. Or maybe a tomato allergy, but that is a different story—still working a blog post on red foods.

Leilani is 27 3/16 inches long, between 69 and 70 cm. This is tall for her age: it’s the average length for a 9 months old, and still OK for 11 months. At 16 pounds (7.250 kg), her weight is exactly right for her age. We suspect she lost almost a pound while she was sick though because she lost one of her chins. Her head circumfrence is 42 cm, which is also in line with age, though her height. Dr Ancharski doesn’t call her too skinny, and we think it makes her look nicer proportioned than the average baby, and helps with all her activities. She is sitting alone for longer periods of time and playing with both hands, becoming more mobile by scooting, rolling, and creeping, and lately also getting her hips and butt of the ground. No real crawling yet, but for those familiar with yoga, she is doing the downward dog…